Biography

Kurtley Beale has proven his ability as a game breaker in the Wallabies back line. The 26-year-old’s World Cup campaign reinforced his versatility, with Beale playing at fullback, inside centre and on the wing during the tournament. Beale earned his 50th Test cap with the Wallabies in 2015 and played in the Wallabies’ victory over Argentina. The 2011 John Eales Medallist played in all but one Wallabies Test in 2015, capped off by his career-best turn out at the Rugby World Cup. Beale was just the ninth NSW player to tally 100 Super Rugby caps, over a career spanning the Waratahs and Rebels. The great partnership that evolved with fellow Wallabies back Bernard Foley, was a cornerstone in NSW’s 2014 Super Rugby championship.

Representative Honours

Australian Schoolboys (2005,2006), Australia A (2007) Australian U20s (2009)

International

Biography

Kurtley Beale has played in two Rugby World Cups, debuting in the 2011 tournament. That debut came the same year Beale won the John Eales Medal and his form that season helped him to a World Rugby Player of the Year nomination. Beale missed the World Cup semi-final that year through injury. He had no such poor luck in the 2015 World Cup, becoming one of Australia's gamebreakers in the tournament. Coming off the bench for the Wallabies, Beale played nearly every backline position including fullback, wing and inside centre, reinforcing his versatility. With Israel Folau injured, Beale stepped up as fullback in the quarter-final against Scotland and was one of the Wallabies' best in their gallant final effort.

Rugby World Cup

Biography

Kurtley Beale has proven his ability as a game breaker in the Wallabies back line. The 26-year-old’s World Cup campaign reinforced his versatility, with Beale playing at fullback, inside centre and on the wing during the tournament. Beale earned his 50th Test cap with the Wallabies in 2015 and played in the Wallabies’ victory over Argentina. The 2011 John Eales Medallist played in all but one Wallabies Test in 2015, capped off by his career-best turn out at the Rugby World Cup. Beale was just the ninth NSW player to tally 100 Super Rugby caps, over a career spanning the Waratahs and Rebels. The great partnership that evolved with fellow Wallabies back Bernard Foley, was a cornerstone in NSW’s 2014 Super Rugby championship.

The Rugby Championship 2016 season

Biography

Kurtley Beale became just the ninth NSW player to become a Super Rugby centurion in 2015, having accumulated 101 caps since his debut back in 2007 at the age of 18. He began his professional career in rugby with the Waratahs before joining the Rebels for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. Returning to the 'Tahs in 2014, he played a key role in the team’s first Super Rugby championship, being named in the XV each week and scoring eight tries. Beale was again on the record list in 2015 as the fourth highest point scorer in NSW history (423), fourth in the list of most penalty goals (63) and seventh highest try scorer (71).

Super Rugby

Biography

A key player in any team he plays for, Beale in 2015 became just the ninth player to play 100 Super Rugby matches, before going to have a strong international campaign for the Wallabies in their Rugby Championship title, and throughout the Rugby World Cup.

Western Sydney born and bred, Beale is yet to play the NRC incarnation of the Rams, but was the Player of the Tournament for the Western Sydney Rams in the 2007 Australian Rugby Championship; indeed, it was during that tournament that the broader rugby community realised that the ‘schoolboy prodigy’ reports were indeed true.